 PWP Scholarship First-Place Winner Luciana Piro |  PWP Scholarship Second-Place Winner Alyssa Yepez |
PASADENA, Calif.— Pasadena Water and Power (PWP) is proud to announce the winners of the 2025 PWP Educational Scholarship: Luciana Piro of Polytechnic School, and Alyssa Yepez of Pasadena High School.
Each year, PWP awards an academic scholarship to two high school seniors from Pasadena. First place receives $5,000, and second place receives $2,500. The program is open to high school seniors residing in PWP’s service area who plan to enroll as full-time students at an accredited, post-secondary institution in the following academic year. As part of the application process, students submitted a video responding to this year’s prompt about how their passion and pursuit of a STEM-related field contribute to the utility industry, public sector, or sustainability initiatives, and how the scholarship would support future career goals.
Luciana Piro is the PWP Educational Scholarship first-place winner. Having experienced severe food allergies as a child, Luciana was inspired to pursue biological physics as a career and is passionate about the impact of drug treatment development on the environment and global access to healthcare. Luciana plans to study biology at Barnard College.
Each year, PWP awards an academic scholarship to two high school seniors from Pasadena. First place receives $5,000, and second place receives $2,500. The program is open to high school seniors residing in PWP’s service area who plan to enroll as full-time students at an accredited, post-secondary institution in the following academic year. As part of the application process, students submitted a video responding to this year’s prompt about how their passion and pursuit of a STEM-related field contribute to the utility industry, public sector, or sustainability initiatives, and how the scholarship would support future career goals.
Luciana Piro is the PWP Educational Scholarship first-place winner. Having experienced severe food allergies as a child, Luciana was inspired to pursue biological physics as a career and is passionate about the impact of drug treatment development on the environment and global access to healthcare. Luciana plans to study biology at Barnard College.
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